Shloka 46

Means to Slay Tāraka: Girijā’s Birth, Kāma’s Burning, and Umā’s Austerities

Devanagari script

मया स वरदानेन छंदयित्वा निवारितः । तपसः सांप्रतं राजा त्रैलोक्यदहनात्मकः

Transliteration

mayā sa varadānena chaṃdayitvā nivāritaḥ | tapasaḥ sāṃprataṃ rājā trailokyadahanātmakaḥ

Translation

I placated him with a boon and restrained him. Yet now that king, through his austerities (tapas), has become of a nature that could burn the three worlds.

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (करण) एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• vara-dānena: by the granting of a boon
• vara-dānena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वरस्य दानेन)

• chandayitvā: having pleased/propitiated
• chandayitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √chand (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + क्त्वा (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having pleased/propitiated)

• nivāritaḥ: was restrained/prevented
• nivāritaḥ: Kriyā (क्रियार्थ/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मणि (was restrained)

• tapasaḥ: of austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचन

• sāmpratam: now, at present
• sāmpratam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmpratam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (now/at present)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचन

• trailokya-dahana-ātmakaḥ: whose nature is the burning of the three worlds
• trailokya-dahana-ātmakaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-lokya (प्रातिपदिक; tri+lokya) + dahana (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (त्रैलोक्यस्य दहनं स्वभावो यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.43).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: varadānena → vara-dānena; trailokyadahanātmakaḥ → trailokya-dahana-ātmakaḥ.

FAQs

Who is the speaker in this verse of Padma Purana (Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.43.46)?

The excerpt alone does not name the speaker; identifying them requires the immediately preceding and following verses of Adhyaya 43, where the narration frame (e.g., a sage addressing a listener) is typically stated.

What is the core idea of this verse?

It highlights that even if someone is temporarily pacified and restrained through a boon, continued tapas (austerity) can amplify power to a level that threatens the cosmic order—symbolized by the ability to burn the three worlds.

What ethical lesson does this verse suggest?

Power gained through discipline must be guided by restraint and dharma; otherwise, spiritual or ascetic power can become destructive rather than protective.